307. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Ārāmadāyaka

“Siddhatthassa bhagavato,

ārāmo ropito mayā;

Sandacchāyesu rukkhesu,

upāsantesu pakkhisu.

Addasaṁ virajaṁ buddhaṁ,

āhutīnaṁ paṭiggahaṁ;

Ārāmaṁ abhināmesiṁ,

lokajeṭṭhaṁ narāsabhaṁ.

Haṭṭho haṭṭhena cittena,

phalaṁ pupphamadāsahaṁ;

Tato jātappasādova,

taṁ vanaṁ pariṇāmayiṁ.

Buddhassa yamidaṁ dāsiṁ,

vippasannena cetasā;

Bhave nibbattamānamhi,

nibbattati phalaṁ mama.

Catunnavutito kappe,

yaṁ ārāmamadaṁ tadā;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

ārāmassa idaṁ phalaṁ.

Sattatiṁse ito kappe,

sattāsuṁ mudusītalā;

Sattaratanasampannā,

cakkavattī mahabbalā.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā ārāmadāyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Ārāmadāyakattherassāpadānaṁ sattamaṁ.

Walt 2748-49A garden was planted by me
for Siddhattha, the Blessed One.
When birds were roosting in the trees
and they’d come to produce thick shade,
I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,
Sacrificial Recipient.
I brought the Best One in the World,
the Bull among Men, to the garden. Verse 1-2

Walt 2750 Happy, and with a happy heart,
I gave fruits and flowers to him,
and with the pleasure born of that,
I made the formal donation. Verse 3

Walt 2751 That which I gave to the Buddha,
with a mind that was very clear,
was reborn as great fruit for me while
I was reborn in existence. Verse 4

Walt 2752 In the ninety-four aeons since
I gave him that gift at that time,
I’ve come to no know bad rebirth:
the fruit of giving a garden. Verse 5

Walt 2753 In the thirty-seventh aeon
were seven Mudusītalas,
wheel-turning monarchs with great strength,
possessors of the seven gems. Verse 6

Walt 2754 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Ārāmadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ārāmadāyaka Thera is finished.